From dazzling gemstones to sparkling crystals to molten lava, this brilliantly illustrated book introduces children to the exciting world of rocks and minerals, including both the building blocks and the bling. This level two reader, written in easy-to-grasp text, will help cultivate the geologists of tomorrow!

This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied by texts written by experienced, skilled children's book authors. The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. Level 1 books reinforce the content of the book with a kinesthetic learning activity. In Level 2 books readers complete a Cloze letter, or fun fill-in, with vocabulary words.

KATHY WEIDNER ZOEHFELD is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, in?South Hadley, Massachusetts, and University of Michigan Ann Arbor where she decided to put her science degrees to use by writing nonfiction books for kids. Since then she has written over 60 natural science and history books for young readers, and been awarded?honors by the NSTA/CBC, the NCSS/CBC, the American Association for the Advancement of?Science, the American Library Association, the IRA/CBC Children’s Choice.?When she’s not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathy loves to spend her free?time exploring, doing field work, and preparing fossils in the laboratory for her local natural?history museums.

这是对亲情温暖的致敬与赞颂，正是亲情鼓励十个小脚趾不断迈出每一步。
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塔普利想婴儿以及他们能够激发爱的神奇力量致敬。
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塔普利利用轻柔的语调将宝宝的那些难忘时刻娓娓道来，马克•布朗更是用巧妙的色彩和图案晚期咋耍，给熟悉的童年场景带去新的温暖和赞美。
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